GST may lead to drug shortage; chemists not keeping stock: Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw, Biocon Ruby Khatun Khatun2 July 2017 9:36 AM ISTNew Delhi: Biotech major Biocon Chairman and Managing Director Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw today cautioned of possible drug shortage after implementation of...
No price change in 78 percent of actively used drugs post GST: NPPA Ruby Khatun Khatun1 July 2017 4:07 PM ISTNew Delhi: Drug pricing regulator NPPA on Friday said prices of around 78 per cent of 'actively used' drugs will remain unaffected after the rollout...
Fortis Healthcare gets shareholders nod to hike FIIs shareholding limit to 74 percent Ruby Khatun Khatun30 Jun 2017 1:07 PM ISTNew Delhi: Fortis Healthcare said its shareholders have approved increasing shareholding limit for foreign institutional investors to up to 74 per...
Delhi High Court to hear pharma firms plea on fixed dose drugs ban Ruby Khatun Khatun30 Jun 2017 11:44 AM ISTThe Delhi High Court will today hear the plea filed by several pharmaceutical companies that sought a stay of a central government notification that...
Columbia Asia to invest Rs 400 Crore on 2 new hospitals in India Ruby Khatun Khatun29 Jun 2017 3:53 PM ISTNew Delhi: International healthcare firm Columbia Asia will invest over Rs 400 crore to set up two new hospitals in India by the end of 2019 as it...
DoP accepts Sun Pharma's review petition on Fucibet cream 15 gm AI tube while rejecting Histac EVT 2’s AI strip Ruby Khatun Khatun29 Jun 2017 9:57 AM ISTThe Department of Pharmaceuticals (DoP) has accepted Sun Pharmaceutical's review petition against price fixation of “Fucibet cream 15 gm AI tube” and...
Before GST, NPPA releases ceiling price of 761 medicines, Check out details Ruby Khatun Khatun28 Jun 2017 12:40 PM ISTNew Delhi: Drug price regulator NPPA on Tuesday announced provisional ceiling prices of 761 medicines, including anti-cancer, HIV, diabetes and...
Pharma Doyen, Lupin founder passes away Ruby Khatun Khatun27 Jun 2017 3:03 PM ISTMumbai: Dr Desh Bandhu Gupta, Founder and Chairman of Lupin Limited (Lupin), passed away early this morning in Mumbai. He was 79 years old. He will be...
FDA approves betrixaban for the prophylaxis of venous thromboembolism in adult patients supriya kashyap kashyap27 Jun 2017 12:48 PM ISTThe U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved betrixaban (BEVYXXA, Portola) for the prophylaxis of venous thromboembolism (VTE) in adult patients...
GST Trauma: Chemist Drop medicine storage, Temporary Shortage Likely Meghna A Singhania26 Jun 2017 12:04 PM ISTNew Delhi: Uncertain about the impact of GST on their business, chemists across the country, seem to be turning down fresh inventories ahead of its...
FDA approves first subcutaneous C1 Esterase Inhibitor to treat rare genetic disease Ruby Khatun Khatun26 Jun 2017 9:16 AM ISTThe U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved Haegarda, the first C1 Esterase Inhibitor (Human) for subcutaneous (under the skin) administration to...
Substandard: Nepal drugs watchdog asks Patanjali to recall six medicines Ruby Khatun Khatun25 Jun 2017 9:20 AM ISTKathmandu: Nepal's drugs watchdog has asked Ramdev's Patanjali Ayurveda to recall six Ayurvedic medicines after they were found to be of "substandard...
